Colour

#3B3301

#3B3301
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#3B3301 is a yellow with RGB values 59, 51, 1 and HSL 52°, 97%, 12%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#3B3301

RGBrgb(59, 51, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.2, 0.0039

RGB percentages23.1%, 20%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(51.7, 96.7%, 11.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 98.3%, 23.1%)

CMYK0%, 13.6%, 98.3%, 76.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,879,681

CSS custom property--colour: #3B3301;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.033WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness50.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.65:1

Contrast with white12.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#C4CCFE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#393100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#3C3404no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#412E2Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 35.7 Black · ΔE 36.3 Dim grey · ΔE 37.5 Sienna · ΔE 39.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 26.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#01093B

Analogous#3B1601, #263B01

Triadic#013B33, #33013B

Split complementary#01263B, #16013B

Tetradic#013B16, #01093B, #3B0126

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FBDA0D

Lighter +30%#D1B504

Lighter +20%#9F8A03

Lighter +10%#6D5E02

Darker −10%#090800

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3C3400

Less saturated −25%#332E09

Channel breakdown

R59

G51

Red59 (23.1%)

Green51 (20%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue51.72°

Saturation (HSL)96.67%

Lightness11.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 3B · G 33 · B 01

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